Ken Schaffer called. And is waxing his roof. In hopes of reducing strikes on his windows. Then we got to discussing the idea. That the waxing, has to help gas mileage. RIGHT?
Bob Dunahugh
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Waxing the roof.
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Every year when I wax our coach I wax the roof.Sent from my U.S.Cellular© Smartphone
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Yes, I figure I can improve *at least* 4 mpg with a slick roof!! LOL
I am hoping to reduce some streaking on windows when it rains and also,
with our coaches sitting so low, I dont like to see my roof all faded and
looking rough when I am in an area that you look down on the coach from
above. Lets leave the shabby roofs to the SOB's next to me!
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I am hoping to reduce some streaking on windows when it rains and also,
with our coaches sitting so low, I dont like to see my roof all faded and
looking rough when I am in an area that you look down on the coach from
above. Lets leave the shabby roofs to the SOB's next to me!
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> idea. That the waxing, has to help gas mileage. RIGHT?Bob
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After you wash it and do one time hand and knees with a Milwaukee buffer, future maintenance is easier. I have used a lambswools wooden floor wax
applicator to apply cleaner/polish while standing up. Then wrap a towel around it to remove polish. Notice I said polish not wax. More 2000’s.
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Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
applicator to apply cleaner/polish while standing up. Then wrap a towel around it to remove polish. Notice I said polish not wax. More 2000’s.
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Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
After seeing how much my SIL has suffered after falling off of a ladder, I
ain't gittin' up there no more! He's got 6 SS screws and a plate in his
ankle.
Ken H.
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> After you wash it and do one time hand and knees with a Milwaukee buffer,
> future maintenance is easier. I have used a lambswools wooden floor wax
> applicator to apply cleaner/polish while standing up. Then wrap a towel
> around it to remove polish. Notice I said polish not wax. More 2000’s.
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ain't gittin' up there no more! He's got 6 SS screws and a plate in his
ankle.
Ken H.
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> After you wash it and do one time hand and knees with a Milwaukee buffer,
> future maintenance is easier. I have used a lambswools wooden floor wax
> applicator to apply cleaner/polish while standing up. Then wrap a towel
> around it to remove polish. Notice I said polish not wax. More 2000’s.
> --
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I might consider using a wash/wax product on the roof of ours as it needs to be done [i havent had time yet] but to hand wax/hand polish....no
way....takes long enough to hand wax/polish the 4 vertical surfaces let alone add 26 feet of horizontal space. Now if i had nothing better to do and
the wife was nagging me to get an uninteresting task done i might reconsider.....lol
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Brockville, ON
77 Hughes 2600
way....takes long enough to hand wax/polish the 4 vertical surfaces let alone add 26 feet of horizontal space. Now if i had nothing better to do and
the wife was nagging me to get an uninteresting task done i might reconsider.....lol
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Brockville, ON
77 Hughes 2600
John, why polish over wax?
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> After you wash it and do one time hand and knees with a Milwaukee buffer,
> future maintenance is easier. I have used a lambswools wooden floor wax
> applicator to apply cleaner/polish while standing up. Then wrap a towel
> around it to remove polish. Notice I said polish not wax. More 2000’s.
> --
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> Woodstock, IL
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> After you wash it and do one time hand and knees with a Milwaukee buffer,
> future maintenance is easier. I have used a lambswools wooden floor wax
> applicator to apply cleaner/polish while standing up. Then wrap a towel
> around it to remove polish. Notice I said polish not wax. More 2000’s.
> --
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Really not that bad when you subtract 2 roof airs, 2 vents etc.
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Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
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Since you guys seem to have an abundance of time and ambition on your
hands, you might as well wax your driveways, too! (VERY BIG GRIN)
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
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hands, you might as well wax your driveways, too! (VERY BIG GRIN)
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
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I saw a sign for a company that will foam clean your house roof.
I bought a foamer for my power washer to try to clean the GMC.
Useless but looked awesome.
Seems like a good business opportunity.
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1977 Kingsley 455 as stock as it gets except lots of Ragusa parts
I bought a foamer for my power washer to try to clean the GMC.
Useless but looked awesome.
Seems like a good business opportunity.
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Great idea John.
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> After you wash it and do one time hand and knees with a Milwaukee buffer, future maintenance is easier. I have used a lambswools wooden floor wax
> applicator to apply cleaner/polish while standing up. Then wrap a towel around it to remove polish. Notice I said polish not wax. More 2000’s.
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> applicator to apply cleaner/polish while standing up. Then wrap a towel around it to remove polish. Notice I said polish not wax. More 2000’s.
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No wax any more. Just polish. My Imron was chalk 10 years ago. Buffed out well with McGuires cleaner wax. Since then switched to Zaino Z6 all in
one. It’s a cleaner polish with newer tech. More for show cars but seems to last very well. Good cleaning and light cut.
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John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
one. It’s a cleaner polish with newer tech. More for show cars but seems to last very well. Good cleaning and light cut.
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John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
I’m just trying to protect the OE paint enough that it doesn’t need repaint. Roof takes a beating.
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Woodstock, IL
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In the North Eastern parts of the USA, where they use road salt, waxing the
frame is the least you should do. Some people make a point of using a
pressure washer, followed up with a garden sprayer filled with used ATF,
and spraying everything under there until it drips off like rain. There are
commercial products with anti-corrosion properties made just for this task.
I am all for anything you can do to keep the "tin worms" away from your
frame, and anything else under there subject to corrosion from that salt.
Several friends make an annual trek to the Bonneville Salt Flats with
their racing machines. No matter what you do to clean up the undercarriage
of those cars, when you work on them later, you always dig salt out of
everywhere. It eats up everything.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
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frame is the least you should do. Some people make a point of using a
pressure washer, followed up with a garden sprayer filled with used ATF,
and spraying everything under there until it drips off like rain. There are
commercial products with anti-corrosion properties made just for this task.
I am all for anything you can do to keep the "tin worms" away from your
frame, and anything else under there subject to corrosion from that salt.
Several friends make an annual trek to the Bonneville Salt Flats with
their racing machines. No matter what you do to clean up the undercarriage
of those cars, when you work on them later, you always dig salt out of
everywhere. It eats up everything.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
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I've used Penetrol on older cars and parts of the GMC frame to protect from rust.
It's a paint conditioner and also sold to treat unpainted metal such as shovel blades and other tools.
I clean the frame and apply with a brush. It creeps into voids such as the sandwiched area of the GMC frame.
Dennis
> In the North Eastern parts of the USA, where they use road salt, waxing the
> frame is the least you should do. Some people make a point of using a
> pressure washer, followed up with a garden sprayer filled with used ATF,
> and spraying everything under there until it drips off like rain. There are
> commercial products with anti-corrosion properties made just for this task.
> I am all for anything you can do to keep the "tin worms" away from your
> frame, and anything else under there subject to corrosion from that salt.
> Several friends make an annual trek to the Bonneville Salt Flats with
> their racing machines. No matter what you do to clean up the undercarriage
> of those cars, when you work on them later, you always dig salt out of
> everywhere. It eats up everything.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, Oregon
>
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It's a paint conditioner and also sold to treat unpainted metal such as shovel blades and other tools.
I clean the frame and apply with a brush. It creeps into voids such as the sandwiched area of the GMC frame.
Dennis
> In the North Eastern parts of the USA, where they use road salt, waxing the
> frame is the least you should do. Some people make a point of using a
> pressure washer, followed up with a garden sprayer filled with used ATF,
> and spraying everything under there until it drips off like rain. There are
> commercial products with anti-corrosion properties made just for this task.
> I am all for anything you can do to keep the "tin worms" away from your
> frame, and anything else under there subject to corrosion from that salt.
> Several friends make an annual trek to the Bonneville Salt Flats with
> their racing machines. No matter what you do to clean up the undercarriage
> of those cars, when you work on them later, you always dig salt out of
> everywhere. It eats up everything.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, Oregon
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 1:12 PM Mike Hamm via Gmclist
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> > How about a frame waxing?
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